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GARDENING. 



Nov 



ing flowers from June to September; lilies 

 such as Tbunbergii in many varieties, 

 Hansoni, superbum. candidum, longi- 

 liorum. Japonicum, speciosum, auratum 

 and Wallacei, Yucca filameniosa for mid- 

 summer, the white dav lily (Funkia); 

 sunflowers such as mullitiorus in summer 

 and orgyalis and Maximiliana for late 

 summer and fall; Japan anemones for 

 from August till October, and tntomas 

 from ]ulv till November. There are hosts 

 of oti ers. In fact you will have to do a 

 little experimentingonyourown account, 

 for some kinds of plants will thrive better 

 with vou than others, you will like some 

 sorts'better than others, and the peculiar 

 odor or fragrance of some that are pretty 

 enough in the garden may be objectiona- 

 ble to you in the house. 



Naturalizing Bulbs in the Grass.— 

 We are now head over heelsin bulb plant- 

 in" We are naturalizing a great n any of 

 them, planting them in the grass and 

 under trees and out of the way places, 

 snowdrops and crocusesare what we are 

 using for this sort of work, but we will 

 also use lily of the valley largely in 

 places where the grass and hardy asters 

 are left to themselves. We are getting 

 from Europe a great many narcissus 

 and irisfor naturalizingalongthe brooks, 

 also some of the newer ones for the 

 garden. D.F..N.J. 



The Greenhouse. 



FORCING LILY OF T«E VALLE* 



Now-a-days lily of the valley blossoms 

 are offered for sa'le in the New York mar- 

 ket everv dav in the vear, this is due to 

 the advantages of cold storage. The 

 lily of the vallev that is torced by florists 

 and also bv amateurs in their greenhouses 

 is usually imported from the continent of 

 Europe, mostlv from Berlin, and comes 

 to us in the form of individual plump pips 

 or single crowns tied up in bunches. 

 These pips have been specially grown for 

 two or three vears for forcing purposes, 

 before being sold, and although thev are 

 not bulbs thev are usually classed among 

 bulbous plants. Now observe something 

 curious about forcing lily ol the valley. 

 It must have a period ot rest and frost 

 before it will force well, hence is it that 

 this year's roots are seldom in the market 

 before New Year's, and even then the foli- 

 age is poor compared with later produc- 

 tions. Before bulbs or other plants force 

 well they require to be well rooted in their 

 pots- not so with lily of the valley, all it 

 wants is sand to steady it, and water, 

 and it blooms beautilully without much 

 root making, and this is why florists 

 grow them dibbled in quite thick in frames 

 in a greenhouse as you see in our illustra- 

 tion which is engraved from a photo- 

 graph of a bed in a florist's greenhouse 

 Snd taken for us by Mr. L. Hallock. Fur- 

 ther hardy plants are generally started 

 slowly; not so this one, however, for we 

 plunge it into a sweat box of 80° or 90° 



right away. 



Oh yes, we can grow lily of the valley 

 here just as well as they can in Germany. 

 At Dosoris we grew our own roots and 

 forced about a hundred boxes— soap box 

 size— and several pots of it each winter, 

 but instead of using separate pips, we 

 lifted selected sods of roots and shook 

 most of the eearth away from them, 

 enough to let us get them packed into the 

 boxes; then we set them out of doors in 

 a sheltered place with a light covering of 

 earth or ashes over them, to save the 



A POT OF LILY OF THE VALLEY 



crowns from light, wind or sunshine, ami 

 there they were left to the mercy of the 

 frost and snow. We took in a few boxes 

 twice a week, and in this way had flowers 

 from New Year's till we got them outside 

 in May. Our illustration of the potful 

 shows the condition of our flowers at 

 Easter; at that time forcing was easier, 

 and we got excellent foliage as well as 

 blossoms; befoe March we could not get 

 as fine foliage as this is, no matter how 

 we treated the roots. 



WINTER BLOOMING PLANTS. 

 Amaryllis.— This class of bulbous 

 plants is one of the most beautiful of win- 

 ter bloomers and its culture among the 

 easiest. It has been a matter of surprise 

 to me that amary'lises are not more ex- 

 tensivelv grown." My system of culture 

 is to repot them after they are done 

 blooming and commence growing; about 

 the middle of May they are placed in a 

 cold frame under slats, where they are 

 grown during summer, by the end of 

 September the bulbs are large, solid and 

 well ripened, when they are removed to a 

 warm house and placed under the stages 

 and graduallv dried off. About the mid- 

 dle to the end of December they begin to 

 show flower; they should be sorted oyer 

 once or twice a week, and those showing 

 flower set upon the stages in a warm 

 part of the house and watered, when they 

 come rapidly into bloom. Where a col- 

 lection is grown flowers maybe had from 

 Christmas till late in spring. 



Begonias— The flowering shrubby be- 

 gonias are of fine growth and profuse 

 bloomers, and the foliage of many is 

 beautifully marked. They have become 

 quite popular and deservedly so. 



Bouvardias— A few years since these 

 were grown more extensively than they 

 are to-dav; this should not be for they are 

 useful both to the florist and amateur, 

 and are fine for winter blooming. 



Coronilla glauca is an old favorite 

 of the greenhouse, it only requires to be 

 kept from frosts, in a light house it will 

 give its pretty yellow pea blossoms all 

 winter. There is a pretty variegated 

 variety of this. 



Eranthemum macrophvllum is a 

 pretty plant with light blue flowers, 

 which are produced profusely during win- 



tcr. li planted out m May and lilted 

 bi fore frost dimes and placed in a warm 

 house it will bloom freely. Lifting it ap- 

 pears to force it into flower. 



Euphorbia jacquinleflora and /:'. 

 s[)!cndens are two of our finest winter 

 blooming plants, and both are of free 

 growth and eas}' culture. 



Eucharis AMAZONE.ti is a bulbous plant 

 requiring considerable bottom heat dur- 

 ing winter to grow and bloom it well; 

 during summer the plants may be set out 

 doors. Sanderii ami Candida, and grandi- 

 flora are finer sorts. Francisceas are 

 beautiful winter blooming plants but 

 little grown; their flowers are purple and 

 very showy; coming from Brazil they like 

 a warm house 



Geraniums. — Amateurs who desire 

 plenty of bio )tn during winter must not 

 overlook the old but beautiful single, 

 semi double and double geraniums; the 

 two former are the best ones for winter 

 blooming. 



Jasminum hirsutum is a beautiful win- 

 ter blooming species; its flowers are in 

 wreaths and bunches of purest white and 

 they are deliciously scented. Grandiflo- 

 rum and gracellinum are other good 

 species. 



Linum trigynim has rich golden yellow 

 flowers in great profusion during winter; 

 plant out during summerand lift and pot 

 them before frost and you will have fine 

 plants well budded for blooming. 



REINWARDTTIA is very similar to the 

 last, yet distinct, the color of the flowers 

 is lighter, it also is a constant bloomer 

 during winter and a very handsome plant. 

 Poinsettias — These gorgeous flower- 

 ing plants are not grown to the extent 

 they were formerly. They may grow as 

 specimens in pots to muehadvantageand 

 make our houses gay during winter. 

 Rogiera amii-na and gratissima are 

 beautiful warm greenhouse plants that 

 grow and flower freely during winter; 

 the flowers are pink in bunches and as 

 fragrant as a heliotrope. 



Ruellia macrantha. — Plant it out in 

 May and lift and pot it in fall and you 

 will have fine plants, which from check of 

 lifting will flower profusely during win- 

 ter. Flowers are large in size and crim- 

 son in color. 

 Veronicas — The shrubby veronicas we 



